The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-09-15

has 9, and Sugartree Ridge, G. W. Briggs
pastor, has 2. Lovelsnd, Lynchburg,
Maineville, Morrow and wayncsville
have ca h /, making the entire l3. l
have no doubt the absence Of an author.
izcd and we'll prepared scheme OF les,
sons has a great deal to do with this
serious neglect. Cannot this Conference
take the initiative in preparing them?
CLASS MEETINGS.
While not nearly so many OF our pco-
pie attend class a. we desire, still class
meetings are power on this district. l
find that there is reported an average
attendance If 43 per cent. Of the MEM
hers Of Leesburg, % per cent. of Lynch
burg, 30 per cent at Maineville, % per
cent. of RainsborO Circuit, 33 per cent.
of South Lebanon, and l | per cent. even
at Loveland, where for years there had
been none. Hillsboro reports on aver.
age OF 30 per cent. Of membership Of
over 600; Sabins 36, New Burlington
80, New Vienna 80, glorious old Union
Circuit a, and the highest Of all, Belfast,
reports an average of s. per cent, or to
sum up in twelve charges which have
examined almost at random, containing
over 1900 members, the average attend
ance is about SO per cent, sho wing that
at least one.fourth of our people regu.
larly attend, and another one-fourth at.
tend, but only irregularly..
REVEALS.
This Belfast Circuit that holds the
highest average on class meetings has
just closed the most remarkable year of
it's history. +. G. Pollard was trans
ferred from the Kentucky Conference
and stationed at Belfast, after our Con-
ference adjourned last year. God greatly
blessed his labors and those of his ex-
cellent wife. He, with great freedom
and force and with love and JUNCTION
from above, earnestly pressed on the
attention of the people their privilege to
he sanctified wholly and filled with pure
love no,r. His doctrine was altogether
Wesleyan, his spirit admirable, his life
blameless, and God sealed the truth OF
his message in the full salvation of near
ly all the official members, and many
others on the Circuit. Then did they
teach transgressors Gods way, and sin
ners were converted unto him. In all
six of the appointments there was gra-
cious revival, and 16O persons were con-
verted and many sanctifed wholly. Un-
der the tests of daily life it is seen that
in both classes the work was of God.
Clarksville Circuit reports 60 copver-
sions, Camp Dennison 42, Hillsboro 76,
Hillsboro Circuit 40, Leesburg 100, New
Vienna 70, Maineville 80, Sugartree Ridge
As, Waynesville 4S, and Union Circuit
96. There have been conversions on
every charge, aggregating over 900.
About 1000 persons united with the
church on probation.
CHURCH BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENT.
The new church at Midland City, for
meily Clinton Valley, at the junction
of the c., w. & B. and G. & G. Midland
railroads, was dedicated by DR.. Joyce
June 5. 1t cost s., 400. This is on new
territory. I organised the class there
March l3, 1884. and steps were at once
taken for new church. There were
only seven members and five probation
ers, and nearly all were poor, while few
if any were in what might be termed
comfortable circumstances. A more he
roic band l have not known. For the
last two years they have been connected
with the Blanchester Circuit. Under
the pastorate of H. D. Ketcham
and A. T. Cowgirl, God blessed them
with good revival. Still some of the
most active workers did not come in.
But on the night of the day Of dedication
when all the liabilities had heen pro.
vided for and DR.. Joyce turned the serv-
ice into an old fashioned revival meet
ing, those men-three of them-and FIVE
others united with the church and gave
themselves to God.
The neat brick church at Kansas, on
this same Blanchester Circuit, in the
midst of rich farming community, has
not yet been dedicated. The poor peo-
pie have not been able to buy new seats
and don't want to dedicate with the old
ones. If some one had made bonfire
of the old seats the house would have
been dedicated long ago. I doubt not
that the love of riches of not few pro-
Tossing Christians will be their ruin.
Five hundred dollars have been raised
by Bro. Cowgirl toward much needed
improvement on the Clarksville Church.
At East Monroe, on the Leesburg Cir
cult, under ]. s. Pumphrcy, a new
brick church is building, the cost OF
which will probably reach 5000.
At Branch Hill, two miles west OF Love.
land on the Little Miami r. R., we have
secured finely located lot and have
over $l,lOO toward the erection of q
church. This is new ground for us, and
has promise of great usefulness. The
devoted little band at that place expect
To beQin at once tn build Tho work